Question

One ordered pair $(a,b)$ satisfies the two equations $ab^4 = 12$ and $a^5 b^5 = 7776$. what is the value of $a$ in this ordered pair?

Answer 1

This is the concept of algebra, given that ab^4=12 and a^5b^5=7776, the value if a will be found as follows:
ab^4=12
a=12/b^4
also;
a^5=7776/b^5
thus;
a=(7776/b^5)^(1/5)
a=6/b
thus the value of a will be:
6/b=12/b^4
dividing both sides by b we get:
6=12/b^3
multiplying both sides by b^3 we get
6b^3=12
b^3=2
hence;
b=2^(1/3)